A Simple Desktop Pomodoro Timer
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/07/a-simple-desktop-pomodoro-timer/

Pomodoro timers are a simple productivity tool. They help you work in dedicated chunks of time, usually 25 minutes in a sitting, before taking a short break and then beginning …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/07/a-simple-desktop-pomodoro-timer/)

555-Based Square-Wave and Triangle-Wave Function Generator Build for Beginners
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/07/555-based-square-wave-and-triangle-wave-function-generator-build-for-beginners/

Over on YouTube [Andrew Neal] has a Function Generator Build for Beginners. As beginner videos go this one is fairly comprehensive. [Andrew] shows us how to build a square-wave generator …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/07/555-based-square-wave-and-triangle-wave-function-generator-build-for-beginners/)

Upgrading An Old Macbook With an Old Processor
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/08/upgrading-an-old-macbook-with-an-old-processor/

The Core Duo processor from Intel may not have been the first multi-core processor available to consumers, but it was arguably the one that brought it to the masses. Unfortunately, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/08/upgrading-an-old-macbook-with-an-old-processor/)

Upgrading The E-mu Audity 20 Years After Factory Support Ended
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/08/upgrading-the-e-mu-audity-20-years-after-factory-support-ended/

If you purchased an E-mu Audity 2000 ROMpler back in 1998, you almost certainly got a rig with the 1.00 firmware. It was fine, if a little limited, particularly where …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/08/upgrading-the-e-mu-audity-20-years-after-factory-support-ended/)